Gen(der) Z

Bren and Michelle take you through a hilarious journey of sex ed, the pitfalls of elementary sex ed, the pinnacle and performance of middle school sex ed, and the practicality of high school sex ed.

Bren leads us through the many hoops that they have jumped through to become legally them, with some history of how their legal name came to be and how your name is attached to so many more things than you think.

Bren and Michelle sit down with Bren's friend Gray, and they discuss the different responses Gray has gotten to coming out within their Russian family and states they lived in.

Bren and Michelle talk about what went well, bad, and everything in between after finishing a full year of online school. They take sometime to outline some of their encounters with their teachers, and how some behavior desperately needs to change.

Bren and Michelle take some time to reflect upon their relationships and what they've learned.

On this guest episode, Bren and Michelle sit down with their guest Alex, who talks about their experience growing up Mormon and how it impacted their coming out and self discovery journey.

Bren shares their positive experiences at pride parades with Michelle, highlighting their position as a sticker giver, with them getting mad at their email sprinkled in.

Sam guest stars on today's episode, taking us through the ups and downs of his transition journey, and how online school and the future look for him.

Today Bren and Michelle tackle an online, hurtful encounter to someone they know, dive into the wrongs of performative activism, and share their thoughts on Asian Hate and it's rise.

Michelle and Bren, like millions of students worldwide, have spent a significant amount of time on online school. However, they have been solely online for a year. What works? What doesn't? Is there anything they miss about in person school?

Today we welcome our guest, Isabel, who talks to us about her experience with GSA (gender sexuality alliance, formerly the gay straight alliance), and how it's going virtually! We also discuss the term Latinx and how it isn't as inclusive as you think.

Believe it or not, we do have some hate comments! This rather long episode is a fun time where Michelle and Bren marvel at the poor grammar of some of the people in the comments. However, it does not bother them, as interacting with their content is a win for them!

Bren and Michelle take some time to wind down and just chat about what has transpired so far in 2021 and how they're doing. 

Bren and Michelle talk about media representation regarding to the LGBTQ+ community and the Asian community. The first of a possible series about our thoughts on how the media world needs to change!

What's it like being the representative for every Asian person? Or every LGBTQ+ person? Michelle and Bren talk about their experiences and allude to further episodes.

Coming out isn't easy. Bren talks to us about their experience, the ups and downs, and some advice.

Michelle and Bren talk about two incidents where people were majorly horrible. Let us know if you want to here more!

For our second guest episode, we talk to Alissa about Christianity and the LGBTQ2S+ community, along with critiquing the lack of diversity in school curriculums.

Bren and Michelle take some time to examine the gender roles in their families and greater society.

For our first guest, we talk to Sam about his experience with bisexuality and being Asian, and we tell some fun old stories from our younger years!

[the statistics used in this episode were current at the time] The election has been called! How do Michelle and Bren feel?

Michelle asks questions and discusses labels for the queer community with Bren, Bren explains their label, and they both learn a little more about the different facets of the LBGTQ2S+ community!

Every once in a while we are going to do a light hearted episode reviewing a book, movie/tv show, or video. If there are any you want us to do let us know! Today we are reviewing the 2018 movie, Love, Simon!

Michelle and Bren discuss transgender bathrooms laws, the audacity and sheer stupidity of most of them, and the reason they don't work they way you think they do. Trigger warning: This episode discusses, rape, sexual assault, and violence against trans people.

On the very first episode (yay!), Michelle and Bren discuss gender reveals: their favorites, how gender reveals and the gender binary connect, and why baby showers are superior. With a fun fact at the end and a "These are the thoughts we got", we are so excited to show you the first episode!